FIRST TIME HEARING! Ultravox - Vienna | REACTION

[@iainweller452]

Ultravox we’re a great band, so many great songs “Reap the Wild Wind” “Hymn” “Dancing With Tears in My Eyes” “The Thin Wall” to name a few

[@angelaatwood46]

Ultravox is that you?! ❤️❤️❤️❤️I have the ALBUM Rage in Eden it is probably worth some money now! Of course I won't sell it! Yes, I do like The Thin Wall, it's on that album. Maybe Vienna is too, it sounds familiar, I haven't heard it in a long time, I was a teen when I got it in the 80s! Love you so much,💓💝❤️🌹💖💜🤍

[@azynkron]

Lament is an excellent album. In my opinion their best in the same way Joshua Tree is U2's best one: it simply has a great production and is more even than the rest.

[@ChrisAndCats]

Visions in Blue is amazing.

[@josephsmall4270]

Beautiful song by them. "Reap The Wild Wind" was another hit I love by the group.

[@sood9876]

An absolutely iconic British song from the 80's. Midge Ure, the lead singer, devised Live Aid with Bob Geldof. My favourite song of his is called Cold Cold Heart. Be careful if you want to check it out, there are LOADS of songs with this title

[@mikepallett-wr1dc]

R.I.P. Chris cross from ULTRAVOX 25th March 2024

[@bradallard1542]

How did I miss this. I realize I'm old and losing my mind, but THANK YOU for the link. You are fantastic!!!!

[@PancakeMarshmallowDude]

Thank you so much for watching! 😊

[@richey4287]

Hymn is another great track from Ultravox.

[@rachelbrough8160]

Probably my favourite song of the 80's. It's haunting and hypnotic and the video is like watching an epic film noir. 🖤

[@Problembeing]

Kept off the Number One spot by Joe Dolce's 'Shaddap Your Face'. Love this song. As a kid I was convinced he was singing "Oh, piano!" lol

[@rachelh2780]

This video became the staple of what other musicians wanted for a video a story. The rest is history. I love Midge Urge!! ❤

[@nycbklynrmp]

yes keep seeing roxie music's video

[@ursulaabreu9737]

Mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful!

[@pant-hootingchimp8917]

A damn Masterpiece! After all these years it never dates. It's as mesmerising as ever. I love Ultravox. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes is another favourite. Sad video. Powerful. Midge Ure is a great artist.

[@petervenkman69]

Apparently when the band were writing the music to the song Midge Ure (The lead singer/lyricist) apparently didn't really get what the band was trying to achieve with the classical romantic feel of the orchestration and said "This means nothing to me"... and the producer said "Sing that then."

[@asbocazbo]

"Midge ughhhhhhhhh...." brilliant on Filthy Rich & Catflap 😄 immense tune from my childhood. 80's are so hard to beat.

[@JohnMiller-di5vy]

seen him sing it a couple of years ago,still hits it at the end😱

[@alyzu4755]

Yup. I saw him recently. He's still amazing! 😍

[@sarablack2547]

This song came out in 80 when I was still in single figures.a classic tune to start the 80's the party was populated by new romantics. The lead singer is midge ure who helped write the Ethiopian charity single do they know it's Christmas- band aid which came out in 84 the year before USA for Africa.he also helped organise the live aid concert in 85 to get more aid to Ethiopia.

[@davidwaddell6063]

The first group I ever saw live. Superb.

[@ThomCurley]

Another great reaction. Thank you. Love your videos. Awesome.

[@PancakeMarshmallowDude]

Thank you for watching!

[@noheadhollow]

Love that you reacted to this song. And I appreciate that you noticed the production work. I love to listen to this lush and beautiful song just for musical enjoyment. But in addition it's one of my favorite test tracks for setting up or adjusting my stereo/home theater set-up.

[@PancakeMarshmallowDude]

Thank you for watching!

[@TheVan453]

Such a classic and very early electronic music. The singer went on the write and produce the Live Aid single, Do They Know it's Christmas. I'd love to see your reaction to one of my favorites, one that always gives me chills, When Love Breaks Down by Prefab Sprout. Love your channel! Always get my uptoot!

[@PancakeMarshmallowDude]

Thank you so much!

[@autumnmatthews3179]

My absolute favourite song, from my favourite band. It is basically a holiday romance, all fun while you're there, but when you get back home on your own it's a different feeling

[@tlucas9798]

The beginning of such a great music genre. New Romantic/before new wave. The 80s were amazing.

[@robertvaughn9448]

You should check out the live version of this song they performed at the famous Live Aid concert in 1985.

[@stoneybass5981]

Two stages of Ultravox. Before Midge Ure and after he joined. Most the the synth soulful stuff is after Midge Ure joined. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Reap The Wild Wind, The Voice, The Hymn - all great tracks to follow up this classic, Vienna.

[@antomic13]

Passing strangers, Vienna is classic

[@trespire]

Hope you savour further listening to Vienna. I like your honest reaction.

[@PancakeMarshmallowDude]

Thank you!

[@gonnahavemesomefun]

Beautiful song. I feel so lucky to have grown up in the 80s and 90s. Music today, I like, but it does feel like it's just trying to mimic music of my era. Which is kinda fun. But when you hear the originals back, I am lucky enough to feel the nostalgia that goes with them. Happy days.

[@kylewoolsey6635]

Moat beautiful song from the last 45 years.

[@jntdhome]

The whole album is very atmospheric and stands as my favorite record of the era. Astradyne, Passing Strangers, Mr. X...all wonderful

[@rouguy1972]

One of my favorites ever ❤️

[@valeriemckenzie4730]

Same era -Bowie, ‘Ashes to Ashes’

[@andreascala2663]

this song is a gem

[@mongooz24]

The song is about nuclear war, as is “dancing with tears in my eyes” epic band and music.

[@lilywhitefi]

Apparantly there is no back story to why Vienna means nothing to Midge, that lyric just fitted the tune. I love that he’s honest about that and doesn’t make up a “deep and meaningful” about it!

[@Teofane]

I would enjoy seeing your reaction to New Order's "Temptation".

[@josephsmall4270]

I love the 7" inch single version.

[@Teofane]

@@josephsmall4270 I'll have to look for it.

[@believer773]

No surprise here, Midge the singer is great friends with Kate Bush.

[@queensquish]

Classic 80’s tune! 🥰

[@paulmason6474]

Midge helped organise Band Aid with Bob Geldof

[@ImBigDave79]

In the UK this is considered one of the best songs that never made it to No. 1 on the charts. It was kept off the top slot by a cheesy novelty song..... Shaddap You Face by Joe Dolce

[@ChrisAndCats]

An absolute travesty!

[@merinoteflon1128]

An epic song. Anyway, hunt down stuff by The Associates, an eighties group, trust me, a complete stranger on the internet.

[@PaulWhytcross]

Party Fears Two?

[@merinoteflon1128]

@@PaulWhytcross Deffo, not to mention Club Country, 18 Carat Love Affair, Take Me To The Girl, etc...all fronted by the irrepressible Billy Mackenzie.

[@davidwaddell6063]

Oh definitely. Billy Mackenzie was one of the most beautiful men ever. R.I.P.

[@davidwaddell6063]

What Bono said about Billy kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGGvmq2JYrhjoq8

[@stoneybass5981]

Club Country!

[@bpfromowc]

I think this was the first song at the Live Aid concert in London.

[@debm3041]

It was Status Quo with Rockin all over the world, as far as I can remember anyway

[@bpfromowc]

@@debm3041 I stand corrected. Thanks Debbie. ✌️

[@debm3041]

@@bpfromowc you're welcome😊 nearly 40 years ago😯😯

[@annesmith2259]

@@bpfromowc to be fair they were on pretty early on 😁

[@bpfromowc]

@@annesmith2259 😇

[@colibri1]

This was a huge hit across Europe in the year 1980 but was only heard on what would today be called "indy" radio in the US. Their only radio hit in the US that I remember hearing was "Reap the Wild Wind" from 1982. I suspect Americans would have liked their 1981 song "The Thin Wall" (my stadium rock-loving brother loved it), but it was never a hit in the US either. An earlier incarnation of the band with singer John Foxx put out one of my favorite Ultravox songs, "Slow Motion" from 1978, and John Foxx's solo career also produced a few pioneering synth/technopop hits in Europe, notably "Underpass" from the year 1980. Some members of Ultravox joined with a few other technopop types to form a fashionista band called Visage that had a huge 1980 hit in Europe with "Fade to Grey," which I suspect you would really like.

[@jordanbstone]

Very smart.

[@antomic13]

Try the associates, party fears too, you'll love it

[@mandyhargraves8589]

Love love Midge Ure another iconic man there's one song by Ultravox that I played over and over but the title won't come to me I will remember later , I'm not sure if you liked that it's not one of my favourites but for the life of me I still can't remember this will drive me nuts 💚

[@ChrisAndCats]

Visions in Blue? Hymn? Thin wall?

[@mandyhargraves8589]

@@ChrisAndCats thankyou for trying to help me I know why now I couldn't remember its cos it's called I will love you forever by Slik that Midge was lead singer OMG he looks so young but thanks it was driving me nuts 😊

[@ChrisAndCats]

@@mandyhargraves8589 at least you've got it, though 🙂

[@damianupton1975]

Love this song, I was 5 when it charted. I can remember singing it with my mom. NEVER look into the song that kept it off the No. 1 spot in the UK. It is still a national embarrassment. I have Italian heritage and it was embarrassing.

[@asbocazbo]

Please do Alphaville - Sounds like a melody EXTENDED MIX xx

[@garydalziel9676]

Love the song the Intro has to be full blast

[@chuckread5801]

Ha … first like!

[@andik8570]

wowwwww but totally get it mate this is a song is too much for you...????? First time listening i was only 13 years old Blown away of the Voice & the Electronic Landscape from Slow to Fast back to slow again...???? Never ever heard something like it befor...???? Since them im an huge ultravox/Midge Ure Fan......

[@kellyhawkes3191]

Have you reacted to the stranglers golden brown

[@PancakeMarshmallowDude]

I have not

[@tamaradelempickafacebook]

💖🌈

[@leroyrs]

I like the song, but I‘m used to listening to 80s New Romantic sound. I think it was their first hit, but „Hymn, The Voice, Reap the wild wind, Dancing with tears in my eyes, One small day, We came to dance“ showed how the group improved

[@jamesrigby789]

Best song that was never a number one, it was a travesty that beat it to number one the second time (the first I got with John Lennon Imagine just after he got shot dead at the time) but that Shuddap Ur face what a crap song. You should react to this song when Midge did this live with Schiller, gives this song even more life.

[@adelsuleman5042]

React to monica street symphony

[@valeriemckenzie4730]

Forget about Ultravox. Boring. Steve Strange and Visage ‘Fade to Grey’. Much better makeup. And, to quote Madonna, you can dance.

[@derekporter7658]

Still had synthesizer god Billy Currie in the band......also from Ultravox.

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

But Fade To Gray was written and produced by Midge.